# Karl Olsson

> Karl Olsson is a seed investor at Careem (Abu Dhabi) backing Audio and E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Careem](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/careem)
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnuskolsson

Karl Olsson is a seed investor at Careem in Abu Dhabi focused on Audio and E-Commerce. Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$6.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Digital Media | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 60% |
| Egypt | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Getbee | Getbee is a Dubai-founded SaaS company transforming the online sales experience through live video commerce and virtual customer engagement solutions. Established in 2017, the company enables businesses to connect customers directly with sales representatives through real-time video calls, bringing a more personal, interactive, and human-centeredapproach to digital shopping.Operating within the digital sales enablement and customer experience market, Getbee helps businesses replicate the in-store sales experience online by allowing customers to instantly interact with sales experts, request live product demonstrations, and schedule appointments from anywhere. The platform is designed to improve trust, engagement, and conversion rates by making virtual selling more authentic and convenient.Getbee serves a broad international client base across sectors such as automotive, retail, e-commerce, and consumer services, with customers spanning the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Its technology integrates seamlessly with existing e-commerce ecosystems, enabling businesses to enhance online customer journeys without disrupting existing infrastructure.The company operates on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, generating revenue through subscription-based pricing plans tailored to different business needs and feature requirements. In addition to virtual selling capabilities, Getbee provides analytics and reporting tools that allow organizations to monitor key performance indicators such as call duration, customer engagement, conversion rates, and revenue generation.By combining live human interaction with scalable digital technology, Getbee is redefining virtual commerce and helping businesses create more personalized, effective, and data-driven online sales experiences. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Taager | Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics. | $6.4M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| VUZ | VUZ is the leading immersive video app that allows users to stream on the web, mobile, TV, and headsets XR digital experiences with a new level of immersive realism. VUZ owns exclusively the world's largest premium exclusive immersive content library, with over 30,000 hours of immersive content covering entertainment, creators, and sportssegments, as well as XR, VR, and AR experiences from virtually anywhere in the world. VUZ has exclusive immersive rights for LaLiga, PFL, SerieA and many others. It aims to bring people together and connect the world by providing authentic immersive experiences while removing (TTA) Travel, Time, and Access constraints for billions of people worldwide.VUZ was established on January 1, 2017, with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh. | $7.1M | Series A | Apr 19, 2020 |  |
| spiderSilk | spiderSilk is a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm, specializing in simulating the most advanced cyber offenses on your technology so you can build your best security defenses. Our proprietary machine-driven technology dramatically enhances the capabilities of our human ethical hackers, thereby leveraging both the power of machines with the creativityof humans. We focus on finding security exploits/vulnerabilities in applications residing on public and/or internal infrastructures. Our methodologies and “super-hackers” allow us to achieve simulations with the highest impact, and as a result we have uncovered threats that would have impacted over 120 million human beings in aggregate. Our enterprise security testing offerings are also backed by robust Advisory Services that are designed to provide visibility into areas of needed improvement within an organization, as well as to highlight areas where best security practices can be integrated. | $500K | Seed | Jan 08, 2020 |  |
| Kitab Sawti | Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps. | $1.1M |  | Sep 04, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shorooq Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shorooq-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altitude Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altitude-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A'Z Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aziz-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BECO Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beco-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breyer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breyer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Careem

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Careem operates a car booking platform that connects passengers with local drivers. The company's platform provides a marketplace of community drivers where passengers can request a ride in minutes, see the cost, and have it charged to their credit card of choice, giving passengers access to affordable and advantageous transportation.

5 contacts available at Careem.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abdulla Elyas | Co-founder and CPO/ MD | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abdulla-elyas |
| Ahmed Kamal | Lead MTS - Machine Learning Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmed-kamal-bad2 |
| Karl Olsson | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magnus-olsson |
| Madiha Sattar | VP, Careem Pay | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madiha-sattar |
| Mahmoud Khaled | Head of Mobility Client Side Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahmoud-khaled |

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## FAQ

### What does Karl Olsson invest in?

Karl Olsson invests primarily in Audio, E-Commerce and Digital Media startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Karl Olsson's check size?

Karl Olsson typically joins rounds of $500k–$6.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Karl Olsson participates in.

### When did Karl Olsson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karl Olsson closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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